UCLA made no mention of a merit scholarship (neither during the call nor in the admissions letter). Can I safely assume that UCLA is expecting me to pay the full price of tuition?

I also noticed that AceDeuces was basically stone-walled from any possibility of receiving a merit scholarship, even with generous, competing offers from peer schools. I guess this means that UCLA is not open to negotiations, at least to schools ranked below the T14.

I'd love to hear any advice on how to proceed, but as it stands, there's no way I can make UCLA work.

samumenco wrote:UCLA made no mention of a merit scholarship (neither during the call nor in the admissions letter). Can I safely assume that UCLA is expecting me to pay the full price of tuition?

I also noticed that AceDeuces was basically stone-walled from any possibility of receiving a merit scholarship, even with generous, competing offers from peer schools. I guess this means that UCLA is not open to negotiations, at least to schools ranked below the T14.

I'd love to hear any advice on how to proceed, but as it stands, there's no way I can make UCLA work.

Yeah, I mean IDK what I'm going to do. I got a really great offer from Texas the other day as well...so I really do not understand UCLA right now.

samumenco wrote:UCLA made no mention of a merit scholarship (neither during the call nor in the admissions letter). Can I safely assume that UCLA is expecting me to pay the full price of tuition?

I also noticed that AceDeuces was basically stone-walled from any possibility of receiving a merit scholarship, even with generous, competing offers from peer schools. I guess this means that UCLA is not open to negotiations, at least to schools ranked below the T14.

I'd love to hear any advice on how to proceed, but as it stands, there's no way I can make UCLA work.

Yeah, I mean IDK what I'm going to do. I got a really great offer from Texas the other day as well...so I really do not understand UCLA right now.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you are an out of state applicant and they are reluctant to make an offer if they believe that you will not make the move to begin with.

I don't know where you're from, but if I was on an admissions committee and I saw someone who was a Texas native trying to negotiate a scholarship with an offer from their home state, I don't think I would bite.

samumenco wrote:UCLA made no mention of a merit scholarship (neither during the call nor in the admissions letter). Can I safely assume that UCLA is expecting me to pay the full price of tuition?

I also noticed that AceDeuces was basically stone-walled from any possibility of receiving a merit scholarship, even with generous, competing offers from peer schools. I guess this means that UCLA is not open to negotiations, at least to schools ranked below the T14.

I'd love to hear any advice on how to proceed, but as it stands, there's no way I can make UCLA work.

Yeah, I mean IDK what I'm going to do. I got a really great offer from Texas the other day as well...so I really do not understand UCLA right now.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you are an out of state applicant and they are reluctant to make an offer if they believe that you will not make the move to begin with.

I don't know where you're from, but if I was on an admissions committee and I saw someone who was a Texas native trying to negotiate a scholarship with an offer from their home state, I don't think I would bite.

But who knows. Sorry, that is pretty rough.

I'm an in-state applicant, so this is confusing for me. I think there's something wrong here when I can graduate from USC with almost no debt, while I'll have six figures of debt from a public school in my home state.

samumenco wrote:UCLA made no mention of a merit scholarship (neither during the call nor in the admissions letter). Can I safely assume that UCLA is expecting me to pay the full price of tuition?

I also noticed that AceDeuces was basically stone-walled from any possibility of receiving a merit scholarship, even with generous, competing offers from peer schools. I guess this means that UCLA is not open to negotiations, at least to schools ranked below the T14.

I'd love to hear any advice on how to proceed, but as it stands, there's no way I can make UCLA work.

Yeah, I mean IDK what I'm going to do. I got a really great offer from Texas the other day as well...so I really do not understand UCLA right now.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you are an out of state applicant and they are reluctant to make an offer if they believe that you will not make the move to begin with.

I don't know where you're from, but if I was on an admissions committee and I saw someone who was a Texas native trying to negotiate a scholarship with an offer from their home state, I don't think I would bite.

But who knows. Sorry, that is pretty rough.

I'm an in-state applicant, so this is confusing for me. I think there's something wrong here when I can graduate from USC with almost no debt, while I'll have six figures of debt from a public school in my home state.

cron1834 wrote:The public-private distinction is an irrelevant technicality in this context. Do you think Berk should give you as much scholarship money as Cooley?

Right, but in this case, it's between UCLA and peers schools like Texas and USC, and I absolutely think UCLA should make an offer as competitive as Texas and USC.

UCLA's median is higher than USC's, plus the UC system isn't exactly flush. I'm not sure what you expect.

Medians are higher, but just barely. USC places better in clerkships. These distinctions go on and on, but at the end of the day, they're peer schools. So I'm going to be honest and say that I expected a competitive offer to USC's grant that cut down their tuition by over half.

Another thing is that UCLA seems to just simply allocate their funds differently than USC--they offer heftier offers to URMs with competitive numbers, and the like.

It is also well documented on these boards that USC is throwing around money "like it ain't no thang". That may be more indicative of the numbers within their applicant pool this particular cycle--any offers from them should thus not be construed as a reliable indicator of what you may get elsewhere.

bonerland wrote:Another thing is that UCLA seems to just simply allocate their funds differently than USC--they offer heftier offers to URMs with competitive numbers, and the like.

It is also well documented on these boards that USC is throwing around money "like it ain't no thang". That may be more indicative of the numbers within their applicant pool this particular cycle--any offers from them should thus not be construed as a reliable indicator of what you may get elsewhere.

Clerkships have nothing to do with the fact that a) UCLA has a higher LSAT median and b) is part of a broke-ass system where money doesn't grow on trees.

Plus, I'll note that you come across a little entitled ITT. I have similar numbers to yours, I'm non-URM, and they offered me 6 figures & change. No offense to you personally, as I don't know you, but perhaps whichever adcomm read your file just didn't love what you wrote.